BRAVE NEW SCENTS: A Natural Perfumers Guild Project: “Avalon, Carmine, and Enchant” by Ida Meister + Draw
Natural Perfume Editor Ida Meister reviews three of the Brave New Scents in The Natural Perfumers Guild internet project.
BRAVE NEW SCENTS A Natural Perfumers Guild Project: “Duty Free” by Neil Sternberg + Draw
The young man suddenly realized that perfumes – said by the Party to smell like All Good Things – smelled like nothing. The old man shook his head.
“Perfumes don’t smell like this any more. They can’t. But they did.”
The young man held up the vial.
“What’s in it?”
“Only natural things.”
Letter from The Editor: So How Are We Doing?
I will always remember this line from the colorful and charismatic former mayor of New York (1977-1989), Ed Koch used to ask “How am I Doing” … so in the spirit of Mayor Koch, I ask the question, “How are we doing? LEAVE A COMMENT WE DO WANT TO KNOW
The Winner of the Mystery Sample of Mon Numero Bertrand Duchaufour for L’Artisan Parfumeur
These five entries come from his long-standing tenure as L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Perfumer in Residence. He created stand-alone bottles called Mon Numeros back in 2009. At that time there was only one bottle of each
CaFleureBon Profiles in American Perfumery: Stephen Nilsen of Givaudan + FiFi Award Draw
I constructed fragrance that captures Americana from a Japanese perspective. Six Senses Series Two was based around the question: What place or memory (real or imagined) would you preserve forever if you had the opportunity?
The Winner of Neil Morris “Mellow Yellow” Draw
Scrumptious , a definite go-to perfume when you want to smell beautiful and make certain that everyone else is delighted, too.
Tea House for its inscrutable charm, a haunting melody in a minor key that isn’t mournful.